The 2025 Forensic Audit. From Elbit Sledgehammer to the NHS Digital Ghost.
A Month-by-Month Forensic Review of the Labour Government’s First Year, Two-Tier Policing, and the Rise of the Lanyard Class.
Pull up a stool. If 2025 were a person, it would be a Bristol City Councillor having a performative “emotional collapse” because someone pointed out the bins haven’t been emptied, or a councillor was offended by a legitimate question from a member of the public. It’s been a vintage year for the Processed Manual, where “Spelling Lessons” replaced the Facts, and common sense was treated like a smuggled item in a Category A nick.
I’ve spent the last twelve months using the Jigsaw Method to show you the picture on the box. Now that we’re at the end of December, that picture is a bloody masterpiece of systemic rot. Here is the month-by-month ledger of how the Architecture of Stupidity was built.
January: The Mind-Reading Act.
The year kicked off with the state officially moving into the business of judicial mind-reading. While the public was still reeling from the VAT-on-fees announcement for private schools, the legal system was being “re-spelt.” We started 2025 with a focus on “Intent” over “Action.” January was the month the “Non-Crime Hate Incident” became the new national religion, where police were encouraged to log “perceptions” of bias even when no law was broken. The Lanyard Class (public servants/employees) began their year by ensuring that what you thought was more dangerous than what you did.
February: The NHS Digital Ghost.
This was the month the “Modernisation” hammer hit the NHS. We saw the launch of the “Digital First” triage system—a fancy way of saying you’ll be ignored by an AI virtual assistant instead of a human doctor. I asked, “Does the NHS still exist?” The answer: Only as an automated email telling you to wait six months for a phone call. This isn’t reform; it’s a Digital Ghost haunting a shell of a service. While frontline staff struggled, the “Engagement Teams” were busy auditing the “diversity” of waiting room posters.
March: The Semantic Circus.
In March, the Court of Appeal handed down a judgment that officially ruled “conscientious motivation” could be a factor in sentencing for environmental vandals. Translation: if you smash a window for the “correct” cause, the law is a suggestion; if you do it for any other reason, it’s a crime. Meanwhile, in Bristol, City Hall spent the month debating “intersectionality” while the actual architecture of the city—the schools and the roads—continued to rot.
April: The Green Party Cult.
The internal “Emotional Collapse” of Bristol’s local politics hit its stride. We watched former Lord Mayor Paula O’Rourke resign from the Green group, fleeing the party like it was a religious compound. She cited “symbolic protest over democratic responsibility” as her reason for leaving, specifically targeting the walkouts staged by colleagues during gender-critical public statements. It was a breakout from a cult that prioritised placards over potholes.
May: The May Day “Kettle.”
On May 12th, the government published its Immigration White Paper, “Restoring Control Over the Immigration System.” It was a classic piece of Processed Manual logic: promising “control” while actually extending the standard qualifying period for permanent residency to ten years for those on skilled worker routes. The local elections earlier in the month saw Reform UK and the Greens smash through the floorboards, leaving the establishment looking like two old men fighting over a bag of marbles.
June: The Policy Shambles.
As the summer heat hit, the state spent June trying to convince us that making it harder to fire people via the Employment Rights Bill would somehow “kickstart growth.” It’s the ultimate bureaucratic logic: if you slow down the engine, the car goes faster. June was the month we realised that the “Plan for Growth” was just a Plan for more HR meetings and “day-one” rights for people who hadn’t even started the job yet.
July: Two-Tier Summer.
The contrast became undeniable. On July 22nd, the government moved to shut down the Health and Care Worker visa route for new overseas applications—a move that hit the “Adults” in the care sector hard. Meanwhile, patriotic protesters were being “Manually Processed” with the full weight of the law, while “The Others”—protesting for globalist causes—were being offered tea. The Two-Tier Architecture was no longer a theory; it was the evening news.
August: The Elvis (Elbit) Sledgehammer.
The Filton break-in on August 6th changed the Jigsaw. We watched “activists” treat a police officer’s spine like a DIY project with a sledgehammer. The Processed Manual tried to re-spell “Aggravated Burglary” as “Principled Action.” Total silence from the “Inclusive” brigade at City Hall, who were too busy auditing the “diversity” of cycle lanes to notice a violent insurrection in their own backyard.
September: The Delivery Delusion.
Keir Starmer promised “delivery” at the party conference, but the only thing being delivered was more Unnecessary Finance for “Net Zero” vanity projects. While the High Street died, the Lanyard Class got their “Queer Gardening” allotments funded. September was the month of the “Double-Speak,” where “Investing in Britain” meant “Taxing the Adults” to pay for “the Others” to conduct more “Consultations.”
October: The Pivot Point.
This was the month the local Jigsaw pieces started flying off the board. On October 30, 2025, we watched the defection of Labour councillor Alsayed Al-Maghrabi to the Green Party. This wasn’t just a change of tie colour; it was the moment the Green Group hit 35 seats—exactly half the 70-seat chamber. The “Architecture of Stupidity” finally reached its structural limit as the council’s power-sharing agreement collapsed into a heap of procedural bickering.
November: The Sledgehammer Audit & The “Farce.”
Following the defection, an extraordinary council meeting descended into what local media called “chaos” and a “farce” over committee seat proportionality. The Autumn Budget hit on November 26th, freezing income tax thresholds and increasing dividend taxes to fund the “Digital Ghost” NHS. Meanwhile, the Elbit trial began at Woolwich Crown Court on November 17th. We saw the bodycam footage the media tried to “Process” out of sight, documenting Samuel Corner striking PC Kate Evans across the back with a sledgehammer.
December: The Jigsaw Conclusion
And here we are. December 22nd. The Jigsaw is finished. 2025 wasn’t a series of accidents; it was a design. They’ve spent twelve months trying to “Process” the Adult out of the room. We’re ending the year in a “Kettle,” but we’ve got our kit ready for 2026.
The Final Verdict: A System in Incontinence.
When we look back at 2025, we don’t see a government in control; we see Institutional Incontinence. They can’t hold their borders, they can’t hold their budgets, and they certainly can’t hold a coherent argument. They’ve replaced the “Rule of Law” with the “Rule of Feelings,” and they’ve used our money to build the walls of our own prison. 2025 was the year the state tried to delete reality. 2026 is the year the Adults break back into the room.
Citations & Primary Source References
1. Judicial & Legal Records
The Elbit Systems Filton Trial: R v Samuel Corner & Others, Woolwich Crown Court (November 2025). Case Ref: T20247125. Evidence includes Prosecution opening statement (Deanna Heer KC) regarding the August 6, 2024 incident.
Conscientious Motivation Ruling: Attorney General’s Reference No. 1 of 2023, Court of Appeal (March 2024/2025) regarding the legal limits of philosophical belief as a defense for criminal damage.
2. Local Government & Electoral Data
Bristol Council Composition: Official records of Cllr Alsayed Al-Maghrabi’s defection (Oct 30, 2025) and subsequent Green Party 35-seat parity.
Paula O’Rourke Resignation: Official resignation statement by Cllr Paula O’Rourke (November 19, 2025) regarding her departure from the Green Group.
3. National Policy & Parliamentary Papers
Immigration White Paper: “Restoring Control Over the Immigration System,” Home Office (May 12, 2025).
Employment Rights Act 2025: Royal Assent granted December 18, 2025. Legislative framework for “Day One” rights and SSP changes.
Budget 2025: HM Treasury (November 26, 2025). “Budget 2025: Strong foundations, secure future.”